Today I'm observing this specimen. It's extending its pseudopodia—so endearing. That's what makes it cute. While taking photos, I stick a Post-it note on it to show everyone around me that I'm taking pictures.

Foraminifera are tiny single-celled organisms that hold clues to Earth’s past. We culture them to understand how they live, how they build their shells, and what their fossils really tell us. The video shows juvenile Quinqueloculina from the Miura Peninsula, about 50 km south of Tokyo.

[New Release] Lab Talk Podcast: “Go! Foraminifera” Ep. 74: Can We See History by Observing Pollen Fossils? Can Grass Pollen Actually Become Fossils!? A Discussion of a Paper Combining Super-Resolution Microscopy and Machine Learning I found it interesting myself open.spotify.com/episode/0xop...

Ep. 74 花粉化石を高解像度で観察することで歴史が見える？

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Tomorrow is a full moon. It’s update day for “Go!Foraminifera,” a podcast where a researcher of foraminifera shares insights in a casual, lab-chat style. updates on full moons and new moons, when the tides are at their lowest. because intertidal zone surveys on those days hahaha

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I'm going to paste the analysis results into my notebook. Fun work for rainy saturday

Today in the lab, I noticed that the foraminifer Planoglabratella nakamurai was multiplying on the rocky reef. It’s always a joy to see reproduction. It’s full of possibilities for new experiments. It’s a bit like how the time spent planning anything is the most enjoyable part.

An article written by Tsubaki, a member of the SUSUME Lab, was featured in the online edition of Nikkei. So cool! Apparently, a reporter from the main newspaper came across Tsubaki’s article in Nikkei Biotech and wanted to feature it in Nikkei e-edition as well. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

バイオ燃料、航空業界で広がる使用義務　原料確保と供給にいまだ課題 - 日本経済新聞

バイオ燃料は、再生可能資源であるバイオマス（植物や生ごみ、廃棄物など、生物に由来する資源）を原料に製造される燃料だ。化石資源由来の燃料を代替する、より持続可能性の高い燃料として期待されている一方で、バイオ燃料の原料は供給に限りがあり、世界中で争奪戦が激化している。サイエンスライターの椿玲未氏に解説してもらった。国際航空運送協会（IATA）は2025年12月、航空機に使用する持続可能な航空燃料（

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A Kind Request from a Marine Researcher Unless you’re testing the effectiveness of dish soap, wipe off the grease from your lunchbox before washing it You can reuse a scrap of cloth or a tissue, or even use something you’d throw away, like a tea bag. It also saves time and $ so I recommend it😊

In the lab, we use a stereomicroscope at low magnification for routine care tasks such as water changes, and an inverted microscope for real-time observation at high magnification and high resolution.

Today was our podcast recording day! It’s almost our third anniversary, huh? We’re so happy there are people who listen every time.

Spirillina vivipara This foraminifer species is found in marine environments worldwide, from shallow waters to the deep sea. Our group was the first in the world to measure how fast this spiral grows. When it comes to culturing Spirillina vivipara, we’re probably the best in the world. maybe

今日10月11日(日)午後5時　新作エピソード73公開 カエルの話と自然科学系研究者の眼差しの話してます open.spotify.com/show/27sdZpD... Today, Sunday, October 11, at 5:00 p.m.—New Episode 73 is available. We're talking about frogs and the perspective of a natural science researcher.

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Ep. 72: Research Updates — Summer 2026 I hope you’ll enjoy listening when you have some time. m(_ _)m　(ΦωΦ) ノシ [We ara talking in Japanese.] ラボトークポッドキャスト「ススメ！有孔蟲」新作更新です。 Ep.72 研究の進捗 2026年夏 お時間があるときに楽しんでいただければ嬉しいです m(_ _)m　(ΦωΦ) ノシ open.spotify.com/episode/4HjI...

Ep. 72 研究の進捗 2026年夏

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Our lab-talk-style podcast, the science exploration chat show “Susume! Foraminifera,” is scheduled to be updated the day after tomorrow, Sunday, September 27—the night of the full moon! 🎑 I took the photo after eating a few, so there are slightly fewer dango than there should be 🍡🐰

('ﾛ' )ノー ('ㅂ' )ベ ('ε' )ル ('ﾛ' )しょ ('ε' )う ('□' )が ('ﾛ' )こ ('ﾛ' )と ('ㅂ' )し ('ﾛ' )も ('□' )やーっ ('ㅂ' )て ('ε' )く ('ε' )るー 遅くなっちゃいましたが，皆様今日も一日お疲れ様でした。 今日は日経サイエンス2026年11月号の発売日！ 55周年の記念特集は，みんな大好き科学のお祭り #ノーベル賞 の舞台裏！ www.nikkei-science.com/page/magazin...

Our lab-talk-style podcast, the science exploration chat show “Susume! Foraminifera,” is scheduled to be updated the day after tomorrow, Sunday, September 27—the night of the full moon! 🎑 I took the photo after eating a few, so there are slightly fewer dango than there should be 🍡🐰

Newly born Ammonia confertitesta! Right from birth, this foraminifer species eats the same food as adults—in this video, it's feeding on the surrounding diatoms. Seeing this made me wonder if other species change their diet as they grow. Could some foraminifera actually need baby food??? 🤣

It’s time for a new episode of “Susume! Foram”!🌑🌊 (5pmJST) “Diatoms in marine snow get crushed as they sink.” Increasing pressure with depth may squeeze their contents out!? —an intriguing finding for understanding ocean nutrient cycling. (speaking in Japanese open.spotify.com/show/27sdZpD...

科学探求おしゃべり番組「ススメ！有孔蟲」

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I took this opportunity to look at the original illustrations by Dr. Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and they are so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off them. I'm grateful to everyone who has made them available online. wellcomecollection.org/works/d5dv33...

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Spirillina vivipara That spiraling movement is so cute. According to the original description paper (Ehrenberg, 1843), it seemed like they gave it this name because they found a tiny individual inside a shell and assumed it was viviparous. 　( ﾟдﾟ )?! ＿(__つ/￣￣￣/＿ 　＼/　　　　/“

Spirillina vivipara That spiraling movement is so cute. According to the original description paper (Ehrenberg, 1843), it seemed like they gave it this name because they found a tiny individual inside a shell and assumed it was viviparous. 　( ﾟдﾟ )?! ＿(__つ/￣￣￣/＿ 　＼/　　　　/“

5pm (JST), 28th, Aug, 2026: New Lab Talk Podcast (in Japanese) Released: Ep. 70 “Learning from Moss! Could Forming a Consortium Help Us Break Through Barriers We Couldn’t Overcome Before?!” Thank you for always tuning in open.spotify.com/show/27sdZpD...

科学探求おしゃべり番組「ススメ！有孔蟲」

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明日は満月大潮。研究者のラボトーク、科学探求おしゃべり番組ススメ！有孔蟲論文紹介回更新予定📻 Tomorrow→full moon spring tide. A new episode of "Go! Foraminifera"—the science exploration talk show featuring researcher lab talks—will be up! 📻Stay tuned! (The photo shows Ammonia confertitesta)

A video of Ammonia confertitesta babies that we filmed during Obon, Japan’s summer vacation. since it’s asexual reproduction, there’s also an aspect of the mother “rejuvenating” (though opinions vary).

航空機や自動車の設計に使われるレベルのデジタルツインが、プリングルスの生地の挙動予測に使われて食感とかのデザインに あのサクサク感と割れにくさはシミュレーションで計算 デジタルツインでポテチ製造最適化 すごい時代

New episode of our Lab Talk Podcast, “Susume!Go!Foraminifera” is out! 🎙️ (The talk is in Japanese.) This time, we chat about a popular paper on how sea squirts feed. They were thought to simply filter suspended particles—but is that really the whole story? Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/77jC...

Ep.69 ホヤの餌の捕獲効率を調べた論文

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ラボトークPodCast「ススメ！有孔蟲」新作公開 ホヤの摂餌に関する論文でワイワイ話してますよー 人気の論文でトークシリーズです。よかったら聞きに来てね。 毎回聞いてくださる方もいてとっても嬉しいです。いつも応援ありがとうございます♫ open.spotify.com/episode/77jC... ホヤは単純な篩い分けで懸濁物をとって食べていると考えられていたけれど？？https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/237/20250960/481190/The-effect-of-surface-properties-on-the

Ep.69 ホヤの餌の捕獲効率を調べた論文

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researching the calcification of foram, involves analyzing pH hydrogen atoms formed shortly after the Big Bang. The universe was born about 13.8 billion years ago. It’s amazing to think both the H in the water you just drank and the H+ released by the foram have traveled for 13.8 billion years(ΦωΦ)ノ

The University of Tokyo Museum is hosting a special exhibition on biominerals. Today, I came to help out with a workshop called “Fossils of Life” related to that exhibition. The exhibition features many forams as well (because we are also members of the research team funded by the Grant Kakenhi😄

1991年に単行本が出版された士郎正宗の『攻殻機動隊』。同作はその後のSFのみならず科学にも影響を及ぼしました。 攻殻機動隊ファンの科学者へのインタビューから，同作と現実の科学の関係性や，この30年あまりのAI研究と脳研究の歩んだ道のりに迫ります。 日経サイエンス2026年9月号 【特集：AI・脳・意識】 www.nikkei-science.com/202609_054.h...

AI・脳・攻殻機動隊　“ゴースト” は機械に宿るのか｜日経サイエンス

2026年7月からTVアニメ『攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL』の放映が始まった。このアニメーションの原作は，1989～1990年にマンガ雑誌『ヤングマガジン海賊版』で連載され，1991年に単行本 … 続きを読む →

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The latest issue of Nikkei Science arrived at my place, too. Will multidimensional matrices spark new insights? How will that mechanism be implemented? Since foraminifera also have a behavior for arriving at answers, I think ecological observation of them could contribute to AI research as well.

うちにも届いていた日経サイエンス最新号。 多次元行列からひらめきが生まれてくるか。その仕組みがどう実装されるか。 ちょうど攻殻機動隊もオンエア中でタイムリー。（神戸っ子としては播磨研究学園都市が背景にあるのは熱いものを感じる。） 有孔虫も答えに辿り着く仕組みがあるので、生態観察がAI研究にも貢献できるのではとおもっている。